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Henry, the Ghost King

"The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king..."

-Eminem, "Lose Yourself"

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Henry is a character in the Amber PBEM Phantoms and Fires. Henry is a Pattern-ghost of Eric, with certain traits and memories of Oberon which the Pattern included either on purpose or in confusion.

Henry shares Eric's appearance and voice. He is six feet tall, broad-shouldered and muscular, handsome by any standard. His hair is longish and curling, so black that it shines blue or violet in bright light. He wears a well-trimmed beard around his sensual mouth. His eyes are as blue as lapis lazuli and his hands are large, strong and well-shaped. His voice is a deep bass, with an edge to it almost like the growl or purr of a large cat.

His colors are gold and black. His device is a sword point down through a crown or on sable.

At first, Henry was a caricature of Corwin's version of Eric, except that he was flashy and a womanizer. Henry was, at first, a man driven by hunger: the literal hunger as well as the hunger of ambition.

His hatred for Corwin remains ever present, as are his martial skills and his overwhelming arrogance.

Henry is direct, forceful, arrogant and exceedingly competent. He may come across as one of the kinder of the Amberites simply because he is less self-concerned than most, but this is deceiving, for in the pursuit of his object he is ruthless and insatiable. He is ambitious, but will come to believe that his own existence is but a shadow - a chance to make up for the times in the past when he (or Eric or Oberon) failed.

MISCELLANY

"The priests write all the histories these days, and they'll do me credit. Henry, they'll say, was a master bastard."


-Henry II,
The Lion in Winter

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